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  • Back in February to August 1993, I was an Apple rep through their temp agency, Aida. I'd do the exact same thing covering southwest and central Virginia, mostly Montgomery Wards and Sears stores. I don't remember the pay, but I do remember I got much more in mileage reimbursement than the actual on-site maintenance. I went out once a month I believe.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on May 30, 2008 Posts: 21
    May 30, 1999: Apple Users Get Paid to Fix Floor Models
  • How about Cliff Johnson's The Fool's Errand http://www.thefoolandhismoney.com/01-the-fools-errand/
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 21
    The Best Old Mac Game Ever
  • Apple already allows adult content in their podcasts. Look for the "Explicit" label in the directory when browsing.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Apr 09, 2007 Posts: 21
    When Will iTunes Sell Porn?
  • The Black one is at 28, the Brown one is 79, at just after midnight on the 18th.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Nov 18, 2006 Posts: 21
    Zune Update!
  • (off-topic) Quote: "if only people lived at the North Pole" What about Santa Claus and his helpers? Why are you looking at me that way? What do you mean, there is something you need to tell me?
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 21
    Apple Zealots: Fact or Fiction?
  • Your article is clipped off at the end. You have your second monitor to the left of your main screen? How odd. Are you left handed? I've tried that and it just doesn't work for me, I have to have the second monitor to the right of my Powerbook.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 21
    Ditch the Dock and Other Visual Clutter
  • I want to see it! This could be the next big Internet meme! Bill's poor kids living on in infamy. :) Happy 4th.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 21
    July 4, 2001: Bill Tomerson Makes Worst iMovie Ever
  • You can get three years of "Software Maintenance" for most Apple software. In the Apple Store, click on Small Business under "More Stores" on the right; then click on "Software Maintenance" under "Business Services." It's not easy to find, but it's there.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on May 04, 2006 Posts: 21
    Reverse the Upgrade Curse
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC Sunday nights in the US) usually gives the family on vacation a Powerbook to use to see the construction going on at home. But the Apple logo on the lid is almost always covered with a Extreme Makeover sticker. It's kind of obvious it's a Mac though. The case is very distinctive, and the iSight camera mounted on top is hard to hide.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Apr 19, 2006 Posts: 21
    Apple's Product Placement
  • How about sponsoring a contest, where we Mac faithful have to create a 30 second Apple ad? Or even better, we have to create a complete campaign? (30 second radio spot, 30 second tv spot, full page newspaper ad, and web banner ad)
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 21
    What Apple Can Learn from Skittles and Windows XP
  • My list is at http://www.planetmike.com/blog/technology/osx-tiger/menubar01.shtml . I added Fuzzy Clock a few days ago, from http://www.objectpark.org/FuzzyClock.html.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Mar 24, 2006 Posts: 21
    What's in Your Menubar?
  • your link has an extra comma in it, so Safari gets confused and doesn't go anywhere. Does the program let you change the DPI down to 72?
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 21
    ImageWell: A Bloggers Dream
  • The same thing is playing out in the new and used car field. Customers shopping for a car should know how the proces are running in the local market. And yet every time I go to a real world car dealer they treat me like I'm an idiot. I hate shopping for a car.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 21
    The Customer is Always Bright
  • Must haves for any system: 1. Quicksilver, from Blacktree. http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ 2. SubEthaEdit, from Coding Monkeys. http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Nov 18, 2005 Posts: 21
    The Applications You Really Need
  • Even comparisons in magazines will be of less value, since they will be comparing old programs. And tutorials will be useful, but since I can find a tutorial more quickly with a web search engine, magazines will be shorted again. The Zinio version of MacWorld I thought would be very useful, but when I need to find something in a past issue, I use (search engine of choice here) to find the article on the MacWorld web site. A straight PDF of Macworld would be nice, instead of the DRM version that Zinio provides.
    United Statesplanetmike had this to say on Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 21
    Is The Web Killing The Computer Magazine?